12 Top Restaurant Openings Coming to Fort Worth

The Fort Worth food scene is on fire. It’s expanding in all directions this year, from downtown to Arlington. Foodies have a lot to look forward to in 2026. Here’s a quick appetizer before the main course arrives. Get set for the 12 top restaurant openings in Fort Worth.

Musume

It’s been two years since the tragic explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. Its signature basement dining experience, Musume, was destroyed in the blast. But is returning soon. Owner Josh Babb told Fort Worth Digital Diary of his plans last April. He says he’s anticipating a May opening.

The explosion changed nearly everything, including the footprint of the first-floor lobby and mezzanine.

“For instance, the old teller windows are gone, so the upstairs lobby bar configuration will look completely different,” Josh Babb says. “But, the bank vault was not damaged at all ― it withstood the blast without an inch of damage, so it will look exactly the same.” Now utilized as a swanky private dining space.

When it reopens, you can expect one of the best Japanese dining experiences in town, plus Musume’s sake program, which remains one of the largest in North America.

Café Mirador

Fort Worth fashionistas and ladies who brunch have long made a beeline to Downtown Dallas, but soon they’ll find two favorites conveniently located at Museum Place. Inside Fort Worth’s own Forty Five Ten fashion wonderland will be its stylish Café Mirador. We can’t wait. Reservations are open beginning March 25.

Café Mirador will be a more intimate dining experience. It will take up 1,000 square feet in Fort Worth, compared to the flagship’s 3,000 square feet in Dallas. The Cowtown design is courtesy of Ibanez Shaw Architects, the same ones responsible for 61 Osteria’s swoon-worthy layout.

They anticipate its vibe to be a more relaxed experience, overseen by Chef Travis Wyatt. Ideal for “lingering lunches, margarita meet-ups, and champagne-fueled brunches. The mood is fashion-forward and sociable, casual yet elevated, and offers the ease of an impromptu nosh, whether shopping or simply dining.”

Seared

Taking over the former Pearl Snap Kolache space will be Seared. It’s been close to a year in the construction phase. After Pearl Snap’s closure, a freak car accident destroyed the bakery’s façade at the end of February 2025.

Chris Jordan of two nearby pubs, The Rabbit Hole and The Mad Hatter, is behind this new dining concept. As the name suggests, they plan to sear up some stellar beef from local ranches, including Heart Brand Akaushi beef from Beeman Ranch. Seared has signage up and is in the hiring and training phase now.

Beverly’s Mexican

Beverly’s Mexican will arrive soon at 901 Houston Street, in the Hogan Building downtown. Cousin’s BBQ owners Jeff Payne and Jason Cross are the team behind Beverly’s as well as The Mont, the swanky new American concept they opened last year near the entrance to the Montserrat neighborhood just off 820.

At Beverly’s, they promise to take traditional Mexican food up a notch, exploring the flavors of Mexico from its Northern to Southern regions. Fort Worth interior design firm Maven will evoke a speakeasy feel in the 7,000-square-foot subterranean space.

Jason Cross with VP of Operations for Around the Fire Hospitality, tells Fort Worth Digital Diary, “We are projecting a mid to late April opening as long as nothing pushes us off track.” Fingers crossed.

One Trick Pony Pizza

After leaving their Heim Barbecue in the capable hands of their partners Will Churchill and Corrie Fletcher, Travis and Emma Heim didn’t last long in early retirement.

In July of 2025, they got the keys to the former Hot Box Biscuit location on South Main with plans to go in a brand new direction. Pizza. Which has certain benefits over craft barbecue, like not having to tend your fire at 3 am in all kinds of weather.

“We’re extremely excited and honored to be able to share a new Heim Hospitality concept,” said Emma Heim. “We’ve been patiently waiting to announce a new venture that has us ready to show our love in a new way. Pizza parties and martinis will be ready for you at 313 S. Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as soon as we can get the doors open.”

Duong DeVille

Hao Tran will join a new development called Entrepreneur Park. It’s by Will Churchill and Corrie Fletcher, who sold Frank Kent Cadillac last year. The siblings also shuttered Fort Brewing, and just closed the original Heim Barbecue along Magnolia, which they also own. Entrepreneur Park is located at 405 Jim Wright Freeway.

Tran currently owns Hao’s Grocery & Café on the Southside and has made a name for herself with her delectable dumplings. Her new endeavor will serve regional Vietnamese foods, including traditional soups.

Hao Tran tells Fort Worth Digital Diary she expects it open by the end of the summer. She says it will be a full Vietnamese menu, and will begin with dinner service first, followed by the addition of lunch.

Madrone

Wilk’s Development, owner of Fort Worth’s historic Public Market, welcomed chef Jenna Kinard, her husband, Micah Kinard, and Kansas City restaurateur Christian Moscoso to provide their culinary expertise to the project.

The three are joining forces to bring three new concepts to life inside the restored shell. The fine dining element will be Madrone, which is described as “an upscale dining destination featuring chef’s tasting menus and private dining experiences with a focus on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients.”

Kinard told us that the space will house a grab-and-go coffee shop with baked goods, feature an organic growing wall, a window-lined museum space featuring Public Market’s history, a private upstairs members-only “card room,” and a craft cocktail lounge.

Almacén El Gallo

Burciaga Hospitality Group is bringing a new Mex-Mex restaurant to the First on 7th building at 500 West 7th Street. That’s the former Neighbor’s House Grocery spot next to 61 Osteria.

Famous Mexican chef Rodrigo Rivera Río, the co-founder of Michelin one-star KOLI Cocina de Origen in Monterrey, Mexico, is concepting the menu. Rivera Río is crafting a menu that will showcase “the very best of Mexico through grilled meats, barbacoa, moles, adobos, stews, and broths,” for Almacén El Gallo. They are shooting for an early summer arrival.

Shug’s Bagels

Cult favorite bagel shop, Shug’s, is coming to town. It’s taking over the former Oasis Liquor store at 5101 Camp Bowie soon. It was founded by native New Yorker Justin Shugue and Chef Preston Paine, who is the executive chef at Fort Worth’s Crescent Hotel (with Emilia’s and The Blue Room).

There are three current locations in Dallas. The original is at Mockingbird and 75, and another at Lemmon and Oak Lawn. There is one more location in New Orleans. The Fort Worth store is not the company’s only addition ― Shug’s is opening a fifth location in Austin soon as well. Customers crave any of the 15 bagel varieties and housemade spreads, plus deli-style sandwiches and breakfast bagel sandwiches.

Partenope Ristorante

The former Fireside Pies in Artisan Circle is transforming into a new pizza joint, at 2949 Crockett Street. Well, new to Fort Worth anyway. Partenope Ristorante has long been an award-winning Dallas favorite.

Owners Dino and Megan Santonicola mean business. Partenope is the original name for Naples, Italy, where master pizzaiolo Dino Santonicola was born. Fort Worth currently only has one other true Neapolitan style pizzerias, Cane Rosso on Magnolia, where Dino first introduced Neapolitan-style to DFW.

For the uninitiated, this is the style you’ll find all over Europe (not just Italy), soft crust, wood-fired, fork-and-knife required.

Broadway 10 Bar & Chophouse

It was expected to open in early 2025. Provision Concepts, which owns two other Broadway 10 locations (the first in Oklahoma City, and its second in Denver) has confirmed to Fort Worth Digital Diary that the Fort Worth location is still underway. It is expected to open around the third quarter (July, August, or September) this year.

It will cement Fort Worth’s steak-centric downtown district at the base of the Deco 969 residential tower, by Southern Land Company. Del Frisco’s, Capital Grille, Ruth’s Chris, and Grace are all within walking distance. Of course, Wicked Butcher, Toro Toro, and Reata are located nearby as well.

Broadway 10 is known for its steaks, which are cut in-house, by hand, and wood-fired to perfection. Along with stellar steaks and seafood, you’ll find a raw bar and a selection of nigiri and sushi.

Loma  

Pitmaster Brandon Hurtado of Hurtado Barbecue is stepping out with a new Tex-Mex concept. It will be smack dab in the middle of the action in Arlington’s bustling Entertainment District, at Choctaw Stadium.

“Elevated Tex-Mex is coming to the mound,” Brandon Hurtado announced with a social media post.

“Introducing Loma, the first full-service restaurant concept from Brandon and Hannah Hurtado,” the announcement goes on to say.  “Named for the pitcher’s mound, Loma is designed to be your new favorite destination in Arlington’s Entertainment District.” 

Hurtado described the “elevated Tex-Mex” menu to Fort Worth Digital Diary. “Think Wagyu fajitas and shrimp brochette, with chef-driven rotating features,” he says. “Like chilaquiles divorciados (where half the dish is sauced red and the other half green), Hamachi aguachille, duck confit enchiladas, and tacos de langosta.”

The year is getting off to a tasty start.